Birders: I was out birding in Prince Edward County near Belleville on Monday, October 30th. I had an excellent view of a juvenile golden eagle flying over Picton. A very disturbing experience happened when I was birding along the shores of Lake Ontario at Sandbanks Provincial Park. Along a half kilometre stretch of what is called "Campers Beach", going south along the shore from the Outlet River, I counted 51 dead common loons. They did not appear bloated. There was blood coming from the mouths of many of them. I reported it to the staff at Sandbanks and they may send some to Guelph for testing. They suggested it could be bocilism. If anyone reading this can help me understand what may have caused this I would much appreciate it if you would email me privately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Directions to Picton: 401 to Belleville South on 62 to Hwy.33 and along that road to Picton. Regards Lloyd Paul From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 31 12:16:23 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3B7163B5B for <[email protected]>; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:16:22 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 6494 invoked by uid 30); 31 Oct 2006 17:09:42 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 31 Oct 2006 12:10:42 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (31 Oct 2006) 5 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:16:23 -0000
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 23531 24622 Osprey 0 56 273 Bald Eagle 0 112 327 Northern Harrier 1 729 1680 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 8934 14593 Cooper's Hawk 0 379 531 Northern Goshawk 0 31 39 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 437 444 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1098 43083 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1913 2045 Rough-legged Hawk 0 15 15 Golden Eagle 0 50 50 American Kestrel 0 670 5068 Merlin 0 40 226 Peregrine Falcon 0 24 101 Unknown 10 35 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 5 38031 93134 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Visitors: Had a visit from a local individual...Fred Murhpy who stopped to chat. Weather: More rotten weather...drizzle to start and then solid rain . Temp was warm to start at 13C and remained even for the time we did the count. Winds were moderate from the W. The clearing trend has been just too slow to move through the Hawk Cliff area. Raptor Observations: Just a few birds braving the rain...total of 5. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Looking good for Wednesday...should be sunny with cloudy periods...I would think we'll see a bit of a flight after the rainy weather today. =======================================================================Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm Site Description: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie Directions to site: >From east 401, take the Highbury south cut off at London, follow Highbury (Hwy 30) south to St. Thomas. Highbury changes into South Edgeware at a large curve in the road to the west. Follow South Edgeware west to the first set of traffic lights - Burwell Road, turn left (south) and stay on this road. It becomes Fairview Ave (Regional Road 22), which runs directly into Hawk Cliff Road. You will see a sign for Hawkes Cliff Farm, where they sell fresh vegetables and a gravel road just beyond sign. Just continue down gravel road to viewing area. >From west 401, take the Highway # 4 (Colonel Talbot Rd.) exit south, through Talbotville, road now is Sunset Rd. continue towards St. Thomas; you will come to a veer in the road, straight up to St. Thomas, veer to the right for Port Stanley, follow Highway 4, now Sunset to Port Stanley. As you approach Port Stanley you will come to a large curve in the road with a sign saying East St, to the left. Take East St., and follow it to the first road left, (opposite Port Stanley Water Tower) Dexter Line. Follow Dexter Line approximately 2 km. and turn right down gravel road at Hawkes Cliff Farm, and follow gravel road to viewing area
